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Psalms 2:1 — King James Version← Study notes

Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?


Psalms 2:1Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 2:16 words
HebrewMeaning
לָ֭/מָּהlāmāh
how (longpronH4100
oft · ) · thing · what (end ···
רָגְשׁ֣וּrāgəšw
rageverbH7283
גוֹיִ֑םgwōyim
GentilenounH1471
heathen · nation · people
וּ֝/לְאֻמִּ֗יםwləʾumiym
nationconjH3816
people
יֶהְגּוּyehəgw
imagineverbH1897
meditate · mourn · mutter · roar ···
רִֽיקriyq
emptynounH7385
to no purpose · vain · vanity
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

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